| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Anonymous. c. 1250 |
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| 1. Cuckoo Song |
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| SUMER is icumen in, | |
| Lhude sing cuccu! | |
| Groweth sed, and bloweth med, | |
| And springth the wude nu— | |
| Sing cuccu! | 5 |
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| Awe bleteth after lomb, | |
| Lhouth after calve cu; | |
| Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth, | |
| Murie sing cuccu! | |
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| Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu: | 10 |
| Ne swike thu naver nu; | |
| Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu, | |
| Sing cuccu, sing cuccu, nu! | |
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GLOSS: lhude] loud. awe] ewe. lhouth] loweth. sterteth] leaps. swike] cease. |
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